tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post8728039175438331408..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: The Free Press Is Very Far From HereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-790154456550631802010-02-12T05:30:15.828-06:002010-02-12T05:30:15.828-06:00disaffected,
The neoCondensation continues:
Com...disaffected,<br /><br />The neoCondensation continues: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/528746/cable_comcast_al_franken_says_hell_no_on_the_nbc_takeover" rel="nofollow">Comcast wants NBC</a> ...Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-6288251340619314892010-02-10T06:05:02.822-06:002010-02-10T06:05:02.822-06:00Regarding the US Military propganda machine, after...Regarding the US Military propganda machine, after watching the recent Super Bowl hyperbole machine, coming on the heels of the College BCS machine, I was really struck by the military tie ins all along the way. From the color guards, to the BDU clad soldiers holding the field sized US flags, to the cutaways for video greetings from the troops overseas watching the game as they "defended our freedoms," I am continually amazed at how pro sports - and the NFL in particular - wraps itself in the flag and the war effort as a metaphor for their sport. I guess the fact that only the highest paid non-coms in the Armed Forces make anywhere near $50K/yr, while the NFL minimum rookie salary is $295K, with that being the great exception to the rule?<br /><br />All of which speaks to the media's need to keep the constant drumbeat of "something's happening" going in the background of our live's to keep us content and asleep, and if it just so happens to reinforce the official version of things (war is necessary and good, fought by honest, selfless, god-fearing and football-loving Americans, but even wars take a break for the gol' darned Super Bowl for freaks' sake!), then so much the better.<br /><br />Under Bush II we completed our metamorphosis to a fascist corporate state (although to be fair, Billy Bob Clinton probably "officially" initiated it - the process itself has been decades in the making), and PR is one of the most important arms in the functioning of such a state. Having delivered us Barack Obama and "change we can believe in," which turned out to be merely the same shit as before with a new coat of paint, it would seem that the permanent fix might at last be in. I would expect all future Presidential "models" to be thinly veiled versions of the same ever-cheaper product (gotta keep costs down to keep profits up!), regardless of "party" affiliation. They'll all have annual sexy cosmetic exterior updates of course, but pop the hood, and you'll see the same gas guzzling, low performance, low mileage drive trains as they've always had. After all, in the American corporate fascist state, its style (or perceived value) before substance and profits before truth and value everytime. The rest is just media hyped illusion.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.com